解释老年男性寻求帮助的心理健康意图的信念:一个理性行动方法
Grant Duthie1, Hao Xu2, Amy Morgan1
1Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton, Victoria 3010, Australia.
Health promotion international
|October 6, 2025
概括
老年男性寻求心理健康支持的频率比女性少. 寻求帮助的关键动机包括鼓励,寻找解决方案和感觉被听取,无论位置如何.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 与老年女性相比,老年男性获得心理健康服务的比率明显低.
- 有针对性的健康促进对于改善老年男性寻求帮助的心理健康行为至关重要.
- 了解寻求帮助信念的区域差异对于量身定制的干预很重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定影响老年男性寻求帮助的心理健康意图的关键信念.
- 探索这些信仰的区域差异 (城市与农村).
- 为老年男性的心理健康提供公共卫生信息和干预策略.
主要方法:
- 一种混合方法的方法,结合了对老年男性的定性访谈 (N=23) 和定量在线调查 (N=306).
- 引发信念的采访,以确定影响寻求帮助的潜在因素.
- 对调查数据进行统计分析,以确定影响寻求帮助意图的最突出的信念.
主要成果:
- 通过采访确定了52种行为,规范和控制信念.
- 得到别人的鼓励,获得新的解决方案,提高自我理解,以及被倾听的感觉是寻求帮助意图的重要预测因素 (β = 0.420.44).
- 这些突出的信念对寻求帮助的意图的影响在城市和农村参与者之间没有差异.
结论:
- 基于理性行动方法的健康促进策略可以有效地促进老年男性寻求帮助的心理健康.
- 确定的突出信念为开发有针对性的信息传递活动提供了基础.
- 需要进一步的研究来将这些信念转化为有效的心理健康信息,并将其与医疗保健系统改革相结合.
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